Hibbets' Happenings

I figured it was time for a "true" new post! The dates on the others are misleading; I moved all my Hong Kong posts over from my health blog (www.hibbs-hints.blogspot.com). I'll try to reserve that for health-related info and news, and have this forum for my personal updates (and ramblings).

David took his first A&P test today. He studied really hard, and he feels good about it. I gave my first two tests this past week, to my two undergraduate classes; the first class is graded and returned, but the second class is still in progress. I have half almost done. I'll try to finish them tomorrow.

Sunday David and I are leaving for a nice overnight getaway. We're just going to Tyler, TX, but we're excited. We'll get to spend two nights and be back on Tuesday. The kids will stay with both sets of parents (one day with each) while we're gone. We don't have any major plans; just to take it easy and rest and relax. Sounds great! So I have a lot of work to do tomorrow before we leave, because I'm not taking work with me (that would kinda defeat the purpose).

I made some king cakes in my bread machine this past week. (That's the only part of Mardi Gras I "celebrate.") They're really just "cinnamon-roll cakes," so that's going to be my alternative name for them. For a sweet dessert bread, I was able to make them pretty healthy. They turned out TOO good so we ate too much, but I'm glad I was successful. I didn't top them with icing (though I want to make one with cream cheese icing or filling); I just put a little powdered sugar on top for that tinge of sweet without being overkill. Tonight or soon I'm going to make my sister's carrot bread recipe. She says she and her husband love it. If I don't have all the ingredients on hand for it, I'll just make us a fresh loaf of regular sandwich bread.

The Sunday school class (Health series) is going well. This week is Week 6 (of 8). We're still talking about food and elaborating on the key principle: "Eat what God provided, and not what man has concocted." In Week 4 David covered what the Bible says about our diet; in Week 5 (last week's lesson) he discussed (and answered) the typical objections to the Biblical passages about diet ("But we're not under the law!") and also covered some top "superfoods" -- incidentally, all fruits and vegetables (and nuts and seeds), not meats. (We think meat has a place in our diet, but is not a major source of nutrients and shouldn't be a HUGE part of our diet.) Now in Week 6, David will switch to the "not what man has concocted" part of the key principle and talk about some man-made modern foods, pervasive in the modern American diet, but are best avoided (though it's difficult to strictly do so).

I'll be doing a good bit of traveling next week: Sunday - Tuesday with David to Tyler; Thursday - Friday with a group from school to Baton Rouge for a presentation to the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, and Saturday to MS to meet some of my extended family for lunch. Oh! And I found out we're being treated to P. F. Chang's Thursday night before the presentation. I'm excited! I've been wanting to go for a while. I hate that David's missing out, but we'll go next time we're in Little Rock.

Let me go check on that carrot bread recipe and get Joshua to bed. More later!